# Service bulletin RN\-213\-1

A bulletin is a manufacturer's communication to its dealers, as NHTSA indexes it. The summary is NHTSA's. The document is the manufacturer's: read it at NHTSA. A bulletin is not a recall, and listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned.

- Type: Service bulletin
- NHTSA id: 10052094
- Published by NHTSA: 2013\-05\-17
- Manufacturer's number: RN\-213\-1
- Manufacturer's date: 2013\-03\-14
- NHTSA component: STRUCTURE

## NHTSA's summary

PETERBILT: SEE DOCUMENT SEARCH BUTTON FOR OWNER LETTER. ON SOME TRUCKS, ADMINISTRATIVE DIRECTIONS IS PROVIDED TO ASSIST WITH PREPRODUCTION PARTS, RETROFIT FOR INTERIOR, WHICH IS WITH CURRENT PRODUCTION PARTS. MODELS 2012 579. \*PE

## The document

No address for NHTSA's copy can be built for this communication. Ask the dealer for it by the manufacturer's number.

## Components

Body and frame

## Vehicles listed

- 2013 PETERBILT 579

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [02\-161](/bulletins/10191768.md), 2021-05-05, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE. Non\-Safety Campaign\- Chassis Fairings become loose and rattle.
- [02\-158](/bulletins/10179370.md), 2020-09-03, Service bulletin: EQUIPMENT; STRUCTURE; EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY. Fix as Fail: Peterbilt has determined that certain model 348, 365, 367, 382, 384, 386, 388, 389, 567, 579, and 587 trucks, built between 4/13/2010 and 3/16/2020 and equipped with a flush mounted battery box, utilized rubber washers that could rub through and cause the aluminum box mounting tabs to rub directly on the steel frame brackets. This could result in cracked battery box mounting angles. Resolution is to add the reinforcement bracket\(s\) to affected vehicles.
- [43\-067](/bulletins/10177019.md), 2020-07-03, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM. Fix as Fail: For all conventional models, except 387/587, equipped with Side\-of\-Cab \(“SOC”\) exhaust and built from 03/6/2006 to 1/20/2020, the clamps that secure the SOC exhaust stacks may not be tightened properly. This may allow the exhaust stack to rotate and contact the cab or sleeper.
- [RN\-113\-1](/bulletins/10052052.md), 2013-05-08, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE:BODY:HOOD; LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:HOOD:LATCH. PETERBILT: A DESIGN CHANGE, FOR HOOD LATCH AREA, PROVIDING REINFORCEMENT OF INSTALLED HOOD FAILING TO MEET SPECIFICATIONS ON SOME TRUCKS. MODEL 579. NO MODEL YEARS LISTED. \*PE
- [RN\-612\-1](/bulletins/10046079.md), 2012-09-26, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR; LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH; VISIBILITY; VISIBILITY:REARVIEW MIRRORS/DEVICES. PETERBILT: CERTAIN MODEL YEAR TRUCK MAY EXPERIENCE ISSUES WITH MIRROR CONTROLS, DOOR LOCKS AND WINDOWS PERFORMING PROPERLY. UPDATED SOFTWARE AND PARTS NEED TO BE REPLACED ACCORDING TO REPAIR NOTICE. MODEL 2013 579. \*PE

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